The result of the Graduate Engineer JTOs Examination 2007 held by BSNL on 15th June 2008 has been declared. The selected candidates are advised to contact the Office of the Chief General Manager of BSNL Telecom Circle from where they appeared for examination for further instructions.

Sarah Palin misrepresented to a campaign audience Thursday what her Democratic counterpart Joe Biden has said about Barack Obama‘s ability to handle a foreign crisis.

“Sen. Obama‘s own running mate, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has informed us that a serious international crisis is certain if Obama is elected and that he is not ready to deal with it,” Palin told thousands of supporters at a rally in this western Ohio city.

A new Miami Herald poll indicates Barack Obama has taken a lead in Florida. The key factor: swing voters.

Obama has opened up a 49-42 percent lead over John McCain in Florida, according to a new Miami Herald poll showing the Democrat earns high marks on the economy and is drawing significant support from the swing voters who decide elections in the nation’s largest swing state.

Diwali or Divali is the most celebrated festivals of India. The other name for Diwali Festival is Deepavali or Deepawali. The word ‘Deepawali‘ is a Sanskrit compound made of two words ‘Deepa’ meaning lamp or light and ‘Avali’ meaning a row.

The word Deepawali therefore means ‘rows of lights’. Hence Diwali in India is celebrated as the Festival of Lights.

On the day of Divali entire country looks resplendent as people light candles and diyas all around their house and streets.

The successful launch of the India’s maiden mission to moon Chandrayaan 1 is “just the beginning” of the opening up of a new frontier of cooperation between the US and India on a wide range of sectors, the United States India Business Council (USIBC) said on Wednesday.

“It is an extraordinary moment in history. We have an India of 1.3 billion people looking to the heavens and now exploring the frontiers of Space,” USIBC president Ron Somers told PTI upon the launch of Chandrayaan 1.

The liftoff of Chandrayaan 1 was lustily cheered at the US Chamber of Commerce where the USIBC had organised a live broadcast of the historic occasion that saw the participation of officials from the White House, the State Department, the NASA and senior officials of the Indian Embassy.

The USIBC event also saw the participation of the Indian American community who were clearly thrilled.

People distributed sweets and burst crackers in Bihar on Tuesday to celebrate the arrest of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) leader Raj Thackeray, whose party workers had targeted many Biharis, as they attacked people from outside Maharashtra who work in the state.

“We are celebrating Raj Thackeray’s Arrest. He deserves to be behind bars for attacking north Indians,” Amit Kumar, a student who took to the streets here along with several others to rejoice at Thackeray’s arrest.